Special Delivery: UPS Moving Ancient Terra Cotta Army
UPS 747-400 Air Freighter, Trucks Deliver Terra Cotta Warriors from Shanghai to Four U.S. Museums
LOS ANGELES, May 5, 2008 - In the second century BC, the mighty armies of Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang stormed neighboring states on horseback and on foot. Today, a detachment of life-size terra cotta warriors unearthed near Qin's tomb invaded the United States in a decidedly more 21st century fashion: aboard a brown-tailed UPS 747-400 air freighter.
UPS (NYSE:UPS) today unloaded an exhibit of the 2,200-year-old Chinese terra cotta warriors, horses and other artifacts at its West coast air hub in Ontario, Calif., after a long flight from Shanghai. Over the next two years, they'll tour museums in Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta and Washington, D.C.
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